@themarkymark thank you for this. As a steemit noob (I just posted my first post today) and someone who is looking at the platform seriously, blockchain enthusiast, programmer, technologist and hopefully someone who might have something decent to offer, I have been confused by the posts I've seen arguing about the bots and amazed by the level of spam. This finally put it into some prospective for me. I'll definitely vote your witness because it's clear you care and have been putting in the effort after taking a closer look at you. I hope I can be successful here on steemit and that the platform makes it. The rest of the decentralized platforms I've checked out I haven't been impressed with. If I had the time I'd build a new one, but I hope this one gets it figured out instead. It looks like you've put thought and serious effort into some steps in the right direction. Keep it up.